SOLUTION: Felix made a scale drawing of a game room. The pool table, which is 8 feet long in real life, is 18 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Felix use? 9 inches = ___ feet

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Question 1025551: Felix made a scale drawing of a game room. The pool table, which is 8 feet long in real life, is 18 inches long in the drawing. What scale did Felix use?
9 inches = ___ feet

Answer by Cromlix(4381)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Hi there,
8 feet: 18 inches
8 feet = 96 inches
96 inches : 18 inches
Divide both sides by 6
16 inches : 3 inches
Hope this helps :-)

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